Proceedings and Debates of the Virginia State Convention of 1829-1830, Volume 1Da Capo Press, 1830 - 919 páginas |
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... east to west . The question is put , and each member answers to his name . If a member residing in the west comes in while it is calling , he is precluded from voting , although his name has not yet been called , because the question ...
... east to west . The question is put , and each member answers to his name . If a member residing in the west comes in while it is calling , he is precluded from voting , although his name has not yet been called , because the question ...
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... east may be more powerful than the west , the low- landers than the highlanders , the agricultural than the commercial or manufacturing classes . To give all power , or an undue share , to one , is obviously not to remedy but to ensure ...
... east may be more powerful than the west , the low- landers than the highlanders , the agricultural than the commercial or manufacturing classes . To give all power , or an undue share , to one , is obviously not to remedy but to ensure ...
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... east . - And if this be so , his fears are groundless . For the people of the east , under similar circumstances , have repelled the base suggestions of a sordid and short - sighted interest , and have been governed by nobler and more ...
... east . - And if this be so , his fears are groundless . For the people of the east , under similar circumstances , have repelled the base suggestions of a sordid and short - sighted interest , and have been governed by nobler and more ...
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... eastern base of the Ridge contained , one of them 27,117 , another 27.514 , and the third 30,621 . Thus you perceive ... east of the mountains , and you have an aggregate of 409,758 . The comparatively non - slave - holding population in ...
... eastern base of the Ridge contained , one of them 27,117 , another 27.514 , and the third 30,621 . Thus you perceive ... east of the mountains , and you have an aggregate of 409,758 . The comparatively non - slave - holding population in ...
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... east of the Blue Ridge ? It has in- creased but by a ratio of four per cent ! Let us look , now , at the results of the system of taxation . The average amount of a capitation tax in the region west of the mountains was twenty - five ...
... east of the Blue Ridge ? It has in- creased but by a ratio of four per cent ! Let us look , now , at the results of the system of taxation . The average amount of a capitation tax in the region west of the mountains was twenty - five ...
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